Crunching Terabytes Down Under

DownUnder specializes in collecting huge amounts of data and has thousands of CPU cores that are deployed to help take the data that comes from the depths of the ocean and turn it into a viewable model of what lies below.

A ship, outfitted with special air compressor guns is firing into the ocean and special hydrophones that are outfitted on 12KM cables pick up the “reflections.” This data – terabytes of data – is then correlated to help draw a picture that researchers can use to figure out the underlying makeup of the earth in their search for value under the earth’s crust.